Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Here's a snapshot of our Christmas Morning......Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures during our extended family Christmas at my brother's house.

Christmas spirits got a little "dampened" with a broken garbage disposal and floor right before opening gifts!

BEFORE

AFTER

RYAN AND THE "STASH"

THIS YEAR'S ORNAMENT

iPHONE ORNAMENT

MY GIFT CARD "COLLECTION"

THIS WAS A "EXTRA" GIFT I GOT MY BROTHER, DAVID

AND INCLUDED THIS GRAPHIC AS THE GIFT TAG

THIS IS RYAN'S ORNAMENT COLLECTION FROM 1995 - 2015! 

A LARGE GLASS BLOCK SNOWMAN I MADE FOR MYSELF

SMALLER GLASS BLOCK SNOWMEN FOR GIFTS

THIS IS HOW I "WRAPPED" RYAN'S TIRES!

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE KRINGL APP - YOU HAVE TO DOWNLOAD IT!

SO FUN - AND LOOKS LIKE SANTA IS RIGHT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM!

HERE'S TO A HAPPY - HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!!!

Winter Break!!

16 glorious days off of work!!!! 

Bill has been receiving Gel Injections in his knee - the surgery he had a few months back didn't completely take care of his problem.  We are praying these injections bring him some relief.

We spent Thanksgiving at my parents house.  It sure takes A LOT of coaxing to get a family picture!

I always like to make a craft to give as a gift during the holidays.  I saw this on pinterest and thought I'd give it a try.

First you start with a glass block (there is an opening at the bottom with a plug)

You then put Christmas lights into the block

After placing the plug into the hole, I sponge painted the glass on the front, back, sides and top

Added some buttons for the eyes and mouth and painted a orange nose

After outlining the nose and adding white dots to the eyes, I made a hat and scarf out of fleece and hot glued it onto the glass

This picture doesn't show how adorable they look lit up - but it gives you an idea

This year's ornament  - Ryan got his first iPhone and I thought this was the perfect ornament

Speaking of Christmas - once again, I had a problem choosing which Christmas card to order - so we have several different ones................

This month has also brought in more medical bills, as I went for ultrasounds of my heart and legs.  As I mentioned in my previous post, I am retaining water in my legs and they needed to do further testing to rule out any major concerns.  Between the ER visit, doctor visits lab work and scans we stand at over 10,000.00 and I am still having the issues!

I'm still having issues adjusting to the medication!

Off to enjoy my time away from work!!!!!